Nav aids

Cotonou light 06-21.1N 002-26.4E unlit 27 thru 31 jan

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 152/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-02-01 00:00Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA II 40/04 261633Z JAN 04. Issued 2004-01-26 16:57Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 6.352, 2.440. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

issued: 2004-01-26 16:57Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA II 40/04 261633Z JAN 04
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 6.352, 2.440
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 57100 (10TH ED).
1. COTONOU LIGHT 06-21.1N 002-26.4E UNLIT 27 THRU 31 JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 FEB.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

2 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Turbine A04 53-49.50N 002-10.50E unlit and fog signal inoperative2022-12-19

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:59Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.